refer

1. (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)Examples: "The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor."transitive

2. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.Examples: "He referred the matter to the principal."; "The doctor may refer patients to a psychiatrist."; "I'll refer the objections back to management for reconsideration."Synonyms: sendtransitive

3. (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.Examples: "He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances."transitive

4. (intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)Examples: "To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook."; "Her counsel has complained of the charge of the judge, as unprecedented, an innovation on our rules of practice, misconstructive of the true meaning of the law, and referring to laws not applicable to the sale."; "She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability."intransitive

5. (intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.Examples: "The recipe referred to several unusual ingredients."intransitivestative

6. (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.